The Old Young Ones on Radio Misfits

Once in every lifetime comes a show like this. 40 years after the series left the BBC, Jon Clarke and Howie Weingarten welcome special guests to rewatch every episode of the classic Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer, and Ben Elton punk sitcom. 12 episodes of screaming, non sequiturs, random musical acts and the worst puppets you’ve ever seen.

Episodes

The Old Young Ones – Bambi Redux

July 24, 2024 • 63 mins

Jon and Howie loved the first episode of The Young Ones second season, they want to talk to more people about it. Chicago's King of Geeks Elliott Serrano joins the show for his first ever episode of "The Young Ones". They discuss his reaction having being told nothing about it, how he wrestled with the tone, and how Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and Emma Thompson made him feel like friends showing up at a party when he didn't know anyon...

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The Old Young Ones – Bambi

July 8, 2024 • 68 mins

Hands up who likes this episode? "The Young Ones" second season starts with a bang and Jon and Howie had so much to say about it, they didn't let anyone else on the show. Why is this the greatest episode of "The Young Ones?" How do Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie, and Motorhead fit in? And who actually is Bambi? get ready for an hour of killer socks, decapitations, elephants and so much gushing about it [Ep7]

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The Old Young Ones – Flood

June 24, 2024 • 61 mins

The first season of "The Young Ones" comes to a close with some of the biggest swings yet. Jon and Howie welcome super-fan Joe Pakovits to the studio to discuss the Monty Python homages, comic book parodies and the characters that come out of nowhere. Plus, lion tamers, Narnia and a lot of Alexei Sayle with an axe. [Ep6]

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The Old Young Ones – Interesting

June 10, 2024

It's episode 5 of "The Young Ones" and it's time to throw a party! Michelle Sileo returns to discuss the huge supporting cast and why some of them are here, the origins of "Beavis and Butthead" and Rik's mood swings between sycophancy and impatience. Plus, "The Muppet Show", dueling hippie performances, and how much it costs to rent a horse. [Ep5]

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The Old Young Ones – Bomb

May 28, 2024

This episode blows up, meaning it goes a full 90 minutes! Jon and Howie talk to radio personality Andrew Torres about how between the characters taking a moment to breathe, tighter transitions and self contained sketches, this may be the best episode of "The Young Ones" yet. Plus, Jon and Andrew's days at the Museum of Television and Radio, the derivation of the word "yobbo" and why a one-hit wonder doesn't play their one hit. [Ep4...

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The Old Young Ones – Boring

May 13, 2024 • 52 mins

Is a lack of a plot a satire of plots themselves? Jon and Howie welcome "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" senior producer Michael Brumm to figure out how this episode works. Why is the most interesting place in the world a Renaissance Fair in a cave? What's the story behind the spotlight on the band Madness? And what about Ftumtch? [Ep3]

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The Old Young Ones – Oil

April 29, 2024 • 58 mins

It's moving day! Jon, and Howie welcome super-fan Michele Sileo to discuss the second episode, which is all about the boys moving into their permanent location, until it isn't. The trio discuss the two separate episodes shoved together, the Muppet Show energy and why the two guys in the basement doesn't work. Plus, lots of sad Niel. [Ep2]

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The Old Young Ones – Demolition

April 15, 2024 • 54 mins

The "Young Ones" introduces the show by destroying its only location! Jon and Howie discuss how the staginess of this episode is influenced by the live alt scene of London in the late 70s, how each performer is given their moment in the spotlight and how Nine Below Zero may be the most British band ever. [Ep1]

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The Old Young Ones – Introduction

March 26, 2024 • 54 mins

Who are The Young Ones, and why are Jon Clarke and Howie Weingarten talking about them 40 years later? Jon and Howie discuss the origins of the world's first punk sitcom, which took a stage show approach in attacking the state of television and a scattershot structure to bring in more of the British alt comedy scene. Plus, how Jon and Howie found the show 10 years after it aired and why the early 80s' British scene connected so str...

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